This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Grant Amnesty to overstayers willing to work in Health & Social Care
Stop deportation of overstayers and retrain them to work in health and social care.
Grant amnesty to help recruitment in Healthcare and Social Care
There are plenty of people already in the country with no papers or delays from home office.
This will help staffing in the industry
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Health and Social Care is currently experiencing severe staffing shortages more so now due to Covid Fatigue.
We need a large workforce to sustain demand in care homes, hospitals etc
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you want to see changes to policy regarding people who overstay their visa conditions, but it's not clear exactly how you want this to work. Your petition says that Government should "Stop deportation of overstayers and retrain them to work in health and social care", but we couldn't accept a petition calling for overstayers to be forced to train and work in health and social care.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to create a scheme for people who have overstayed to apply to work in health and social care, instead of being removed from the country.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.